Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut

Papers:

"Firm Heterogeneity and Lobby Participation"
Matilde Bombardini, University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"Exclusions for Sale: Evidence on the G-H Model of FTAs"
Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Pablo Sanguinetti, Universidad Torcutato Di Tella
Alok Bohara, University of New Mexico

"Subsidizing Rent Seeking: Anti-Dumping and the Byrd Amendment"
Kara Olson, American University (Contact Author)

"Import Protection as Export Destruction"
Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of Western Ontario (Contact Author)
Beverly Lapham, Queens University - Canada

Discussants:

Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, The World Bank
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut
Songhua Lin, Denison University
Kara Olson, American University

Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

John McLaren, University of Virginia

Papers:

"A Theory of Swing States"
John McLaren, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"What Governments Maximize and Why: A View From Trade"
Marcelo Olarreaga, The World Bank (Contact Author)
Pravin Krishna, Brown University
Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University

"Why Do Developed Countries Apply Double Standards to the Global Rules of Trade? An Examination of the U.S. Cotton Subsidies"
Omer Gokcekus, Seton Hall University (Contact Author)
R. Fishler, Seton Hall University

"Costly Revenue Raising and the Case for Favoring Import-Competing Industries"
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia
Rodney D. Ludema, University of British Columbia
Matilde Bombardini, University of British Columbia
Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University